============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2156-1 March 26, 2014 samba vulnerability ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 13.10 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Samba did not properly enforce the password guessing protection mechanism. Software Description: - samba: SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix Details: Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba did not properly enforce the password guessing protection mechanism for all interfaces. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly attempt to brute force user passwords. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: samba 2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 12.10: samba 2:3.6.6-3ubuntu5.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.10 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.14 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2156-1 CVE-2013-4496 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.6.6-3ubuntu5.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.10 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.14